A prosecutor has asked a court in the Siberian city of Barnaul to convict and sentence journalist Maria Ponomarenko to nine years in prison on a charge of discrediting Russia’s armed forces with "fake" social media posts about the war in Ukraine.
A Russian court has cut the prison term handed down to the self-exiled former coordinator of the defunct Open Russia group, Anastasia Shevchenko, by one year, putting the sentence at two years.
Uzbekistan: Karakalpak activist dies in custody four days after being sentenced over protests timesca.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesca.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Deadly unrest in an autonomous region of Uzbekistan last year was sparked by a government-led constitutional overhaul and suppressed by the military. Observers of a trial concerning these events note that neither officials nor servicemen were held to account for their roles in the bloodshed.
A court in the southwestern Uzbek city of Bukhara has handed sentences to 22 people including lawyer and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov for taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region last year.